Synonyms for forbearing
- adjective
- noun
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Adjective
1. Patient
patient, lenient, tolerant, merciful, long-suffering, considerate, easy-going, indulgent, clement, kind, sparing, mild, liberal, soft, lax, longanimous, latitudinarian, forgiving, compassionate, charitable, permissive
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Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by patience and indulgence; long-suffering
- n. 1
forbearance; restraint
Forms
- Plural
- forbearings → forbearances…
Example sentences
- patient The patient is getting worse and worse day by day.
- tolerant His parents are tolerant of his self-indulgence.
- merciful In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- lenient Whoever is lenient with the wicked harms the good.
By length
- 3 letters
- lax1
- 4 letters
- kind1, soft1, mild1
- 7 letters
- patient2, liberal3, clement2, lenient3, sparing2
- 8 letters
- tolerant3, merciful3
- 9 letters
- forgiving3, indulgent3
- 10 letters
- charitable4, permissive3
- 11 letters
- considerate4, forbearance3, longanimous
- 13 letters
- compassionate4
- 14 letters
- latitudinarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (patient2 = 2 syllables).
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